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IPPNW Baltic Bike Tour 2006
- Medical Students Cycle for Peace -
August 21st - September 6th
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Day
14
Sunday, September 3rd
Meeting politicians and the public - from Kotka to Västerby
Meeting a member
of the Finnish parliament in Kotka
 This
morning the group had to get used to waking up early, as Otto and Soila
had set up a meeting with a member of the Finnish parliament in the
port of Kotka and with things still lying around the kitchen, time was
of the essence as the bus was being packed, tents put together and
dishes washed up after a quick breakfast.
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 Here's
Otto, Ahmed and Alex
listening intently to Pentti Tiusanen, a
surgeon and member of the Finnish parliament for the Left Coalition. He talked
to the group about Finland's current nuclear policy, the
construction of a new Nulcear Power Plant and Finland's responsibility
as president of the EU Council.
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 After
the meeting with Tiusanen, the group went on to the old castle of
Kotka to host Target Kotka, which was a rather small affair but
effective in reaching at least a couple of people who were
participating in a children's play in the castle held that day.
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The crew of Target
Kotka
 The
rest of the journey from Kotka was rather relaxed. With some short
rests on the way, the group made their way according to Soila's
and Otto's plans...
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 Next
up on the busy schedule of the day was a little splurge in one of
Finland's countless lakes. Nino gave Agyeno some swimming lessons while
Ulli took to some serious sun bathing and Robbi captured it all on
photos
What a paradise...
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 The
late lunch break was spent at some friends' house of Otto's - who had
prepared some homemade wine and a huge dish of Paella. The group stayed
there for some hours, mingling with their hosts and giving a fair
chance to their produce ;)
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 The group continued for some more
kilometers to yet another lake, where Otto had decided to pitch a
beautiful campsite. On the way, they came by this idyllic little
artists' village... |
The evening's campsite
 Once they had arrived on the little
peninsula jutting out into yet another lake, the group pitched their
tents and took to starting up the campfire, tossing on a few sausages
and potatoes and engaging in some serious discussions as well as trying
out their newly purchased salmiakki... |
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The TOP 10
List of the Day
"The
Top Ten things most often heard during the trip "
1. "OK guys,
let's go" by Alex, while clapping
2. "TOVAAAA, WAKE UP" by Kolja, while undoing her tent covers
3. "It's like this" by Andzrej, who had an answer to every problem
4. "I'm a civilized guy" by Benni, who had enough of nature and camping
after a while
5. "Where's Pauli?" by Sanela, looking for her intimate new friend
6. "Krass, Alter" by Agyeno (his new German vocabulary)
7. "Don't worry, be happy" by Josh, the new Bob Dylan
8. "Anyone want some more wurst?" by Nino, the tour's honorary
Wurstmaster
9. "Do you think they have halal meat" by Ahmed, still looking for some
meat he could eat
10. "I'll do
it..." by Michael, who took on the toughest jobs during this trip
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MEDIA COVERAGE
As of now there
have been several press reports about the Baltic Bike Tour 2006 in
Tallinn. Also, the participants who already resided in Tallinn ahead of
the tour's start on Monday, gave a radio interview there and might have
convinced a local television station to report on the start of the tour
and appear for live coverage (more infos on that on Monday). For all
those of you who are fluent in Estonian or Russian - here the first
published articles on the Tour. No worries for all those who don't
understand one of the two...more links to media coverage on the event
are to follow soon.
August
18th in the
Estonian Magazine "Postimees":
http://www.postimees.ee/190806/esileht/siseuudised/213838.php
August
18th in the
Estonian Magazine "Eesti Päevaleht Online":
http://www.epl.ee/artikkel/351329
Mentioning
of the BBT found on August 20th on the homepage of the "Gruene Liga
Berlin":
http://www.grueneliga-berlin.de/
August 22nd You can see news
with Alex and Meelis interviews on the internet:
http://www.etv24.ee/index.php?0534940
21.08.2006 - Aktuaalne kaamera (vene keeles) + Eestimaa Vene Muuseumi
ekspeditsioon:
Saksa 2 - in russian (clip starts 10:32)
21.08.2006 - Aktuaalne kaamera kell 21:00 - in Estonian (last clip)
August 22nd
in
the biggest Estonian
newspaper "Postimees":
http://www.postimees.ee/220806/esileht/siseuudised/214176.php?r
August 23nd in
the German newspaper "Rheinische Post"
(Interview with Alex):
http://www.ippnw-students.org/baltic/rpartikel.html
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For
all those of you who would like to send the bikers personal messages,
words of motivation or who would just like to say something in general
about the Baltic Bike Tour, please write your contribution to the
following E-mail address and it will be updated in the guestbook.
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